Pictures (Katie Melua album)

Pictures
Studio album by Katie Melua
Released 1 October 2007 (UK)
Recorded 2006–07
Genre Acoustic, blues, jazz, reggae
Length 44:44
Label Dramatico
Producer Mike Batt
Katie Melua chronology
Piece by Piece
(2005)		 Pictures
(2007)		 The Katie Melua Collection
(2008)
Singles from Pictures
  1. "If You Were A Sailboat"
    Released: September 24, 2007
  2. "Mary Pickford"
    Released: November 26, 2007
  3. "If the Lights Go Out"
    Released: February 25, 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Digital Spy [2]
BBC Music (mixed)[3]
The Guardian [4]
Virgin Media [5]
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Pictures is the third album by Georgian jazz and blues singer Katie Melua, and was released on October 1, 2007. It was released in the USA on May 5, 2009, with a different album cover.

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Mary Pickford"   Mike Batt 3:12
2. "It's All in My Head"   Batt/Katie Melua 4:03
3. "If the Lights Go Out"   Batt 3:14
4. "What I Miss About You"   Andrea McEwan/Melua 3:48
5. "Spellbound"   Melua 3:00
6. "What It Says on the Tin"   Batt 3:44
7. "Scary Films"   Batt 4:02
8. "Perfect Circle"   Molly McQueen/Melua 4:01
9. "Ghost Town"   Batt/Melua 3:31
10. "If You Were a Sailboat"   Batt 4:02
11. "Dirty Dice"   McEwan/Melua 3:39
12. "In My Secret Life"   Leonard Cohen/Sharon Robinson 4:23

Variants

The iTunes release includes a bonus track, "Under the Cherry Moon".

The Japanese release also contains extra tracks, "When You Taught Me How to Dance" and "Closest Thing to Crazy (acoustic version)".

In the USA, the Target store release had four extra live tracks:

  1. "The Closest Thing to Crazy"
  2. "Nine Million Bicycles"
  3. "Piece by Piece"
  4. "Thank You, Stars"

iTunes early release

On September 2, 2007, iTunes begun selling Pictures in many of its locations, including the UK and Australian stores in error, a month before its official release date. Initially, it was unclear if it was in error. However, moderators on Melua's forums had deleted any posts relating to the discussion of the release, and the "tell a friend" link on the iTunes UK store stated the album would be available on September 29, suggesting that it should not have been available. Melua's official website also made no mention of an early iTunes release.

By September 3, 2007, the album was unavailable in the iTunes store with an error message stating the album would be available on 29 September. The album peaked at number 3 in the UK iTunes vocal-genre chart.

Chart performance

Peak Positions

Chart (2007/08) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart[6] 6
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[6] 10
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[6] 2
Danish Albums Chart[6] 2
Dutch Albums Chart[6] 1
Finnish Albums Chart[6] 20
French Albums Chart[6] 4
German Albums Chart[7] 2
Italian Albums Chart[6] 18
Irish Albums Chart[7] 6
New Zealand Albums Chart[6] 27
Norwegian Albums Chart[6] 2
Polish Albums Chart[7] 3
Portuguese Albums Chart[7] 4
Swedish Albums Chart[6] 9
Swiss Albums Chart[6] 1
UK Albums Chart[8] 2
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers[9] 11

End of year charts

End of year chart (2007) Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[10] 43
French Albums Chart[11] 85
Swiss Albums Chart[12] 9
UK Albums Chart[13] 49
End of year chart (2008) Position
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[14] 15
European Top 100 Albums[15] 29
Swiss Albums Chart[16] 29
UK Albums Chart[17] 168

Certifications

Region Certification
Belgium (BEA)[18] Gold
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[19] Platinum
Germany (BVMI)[20] Platinum
Portugal (AFP)[21] Gold
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[22] 2× Platinum
United Kingdom (BPI)[23] Platinum
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[24] Platinum

References

  1. ^ Mason, Stewart. Pictures at Allmusic
  2. ^ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a76853/katie-melua-pictures.html
  3. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/zg54/
  4. ^ http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/sep/28/popandrock.shopping5
  5. ^ http://www.virginmedia.com/music/reviews/albumreviews/katiemelua-pictures.php
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "finnishcharts.com - Katie Melua - Pictures". finnishcharts.com. http://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Katie+Melua&titel=Pictures&cat=a. Retrieved 24 August 2011. 
  7. ^ a b c d "Katie Melua - Pictures - Music Charts". acharts.us. http://acharts.us/album/28549. Retrieved 24 August 2011. 
  8. ^ "Chart Stats - Katie Melua - Pictures". chartstats.com. http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=39950. Retrieved 10 August 2011. 
  9. ^ "Pictures - Katie Melua | Billboard.com". billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/search/?keyword=katie+melua&x=33&y=12#/album/katie-melua/pictures/1079217. Retrieved 24 August 2011. 
  10. ^ http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2007&cat=a
  11. ^ http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/pag-259376-Classements-Annuels.html?year=2007&type=2
  12. ^ http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2007
  13. ^ Chartwatch Annual Chart Booklets->Year 2007 Retrieved January 1, 2011.
  14. ^ http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2008&cat=a
  15. ^ http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2008/european-100-albums
  16. ^ http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2008
  17. ^ Chartwatch Annual Chart Booklets->Year 2008 Retrieved January 3, 2011.
  18. ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina - 2007". Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. http://www.ultratop.be/nl/certifications.asp?year=2007. 
  19. ^ "Danish album certifications – Katie Melua – Pictures". IFPI Denmark. http://www.ifpi.dk/index.php?pk_menu=261. 
  20. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Katie Melua; 'Pictures')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. http://www.musikindustrie.de/gold_platin_datenbank/?action=suche&strTitel=Pictures&strInterpret=Katie+Melua&strTtArt=alben&strAwards=checked. 
  21. ^ "Portuguese album certifications – Katie Melua – Pictures" (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. http://www.artistas-espectaculos.com/topafp/pt/200821.htm. 
  22. ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Katie Melua; 'Pictures')". Hung Medien. http://www.swisscharts.com/search_certifications.asp?search=Katie+Melua+Pictures. 
  23. ^ "British album certifications – Katie Melua – Pictures". British Phonographic Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx.  Enter Pictures in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go
  24. ^ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2007". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat2007.html. 
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